"We actually got a phone call from him, Lee Toalston, wanting to report a homicide," Jenkins said. "He said he had just killed his ex-wife and he had a gun and that he wanted to kill himself."

Police responded at 6:11 p.m. Sunday.

When a police officer arrived, "Mr. Toalston produced a .45-caliber pistol from his back pocket and shot himself in the head," Jenkins said.

The woman had been living in Alliance. She was pronounced dead at the scene at about 6:55 p.m. Sunday.

Lee Toalston, a Lisbon resident, was transferred to Akron City Hospital from Alliance Community Hospital, according to police. Initial reports indicated he had died Sunday night after shooting himself.

"Word that we have is that he is on mechanical ventilation," Jason Grum, an investigator with the Summit County Medical Examiner's staff, said Monday. "He has not been pronounced dead as of yet. It is my understanding he has limited neurological function."

A hospital spokesperson could not confirm if Toalston was a patient there.

Police suspect Holly Toalston was first shot just outside her home.

"She had been shot several times," Jenkins said. "He had covered her up with a blanket."